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020			_a9780262351249 _qelectronic bk.
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035			_a(CaBNVSL)mat08648148
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050		4	_aGV14 _b.S44 2019eb
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100	1		_aSharp, John, _d1967- _eauthor. _925573
245	1	0	_aFun, taste & games : _ban aesthetics of the idle, unproductive, and otherwise playful / _cJohn Sharp and David Thomas.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bMIT Press, _c2019,
264		2	_a[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : _bIEEE Xplore, _c[2019]
300			_a1 PDF (256 pages).
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aelectronic _2isbdmedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aPlayful thinking
505	0		_aIntro; Contents; On Thinking Playfully; Preface; I -- Finding the Fun; 1 -- The Search for Fun; Set-Outsideness; Ludic Forms; Ambiguity; II -- Fun; 2 -- Reclaiming Fun; 3 -- The Problem with Fun; The Language of Fun; How to Talk about Fun in a World without "Fun"; Fun en Espa�nol; The Scientific Pursuit of Fun; The Ambivalence of Fun; 4 -- Fun in the Age of Consumerism; Hedonic and Eudaimonic Experiences; Smaller Aesthetics; Fun in the Age of Consumerism; 5 -- The Aesthetic of Meaningful Choice; Computer Science; Cybernetics; Systems Dynamics; Game Theory; The Creation of the Aesthetic of Meaningful Choice
505	8		_aIn Pursuit of First PrinciplesCodification and Education; Theorizing Games; Connecting the Dots; 6 -- Electric Kool-Aid Playground; III -- Taste; 7 -- Peeling Back the Layers of Taste; Choice of Games (Genre); Play Styles; Play Communities; Culture Reflects Back; 8 -- Monopoly, Taste, and Games; 9 -- Duchamp + Chess; 10 -- The Curious Case of Myst; 11 -- We the Gamers; Disaster Box Seats; Gamergate Gets Personal; The Monster Rises; The Blame Game; IV -- Games; 12 -- Fun in Games; 13 -- Coming to Terms with Basketball; 14 -- Making Friends in a Robot Playground; 15 -- Go East (or West or North or South); Notes
505	8		_aPrefaceChapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 15; Bibliography; Index
506			_aRestricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
520			_aReclaiming fun as a meaningful concept for understanding games and play. "Fun" is somewhat ambiguous. If something is fun, is it pleasant Entertaining Silly A way to trick students into learning Fun also has baggage--it seems inconsequential, embarrassing, child's play. In Fun, Taste, & Games , John Sharp and David Thomas reclaim fun as a productive and meaningful tool for understanding and appreciating play and games. They position fun at the heart of the aesthetics of games. As beauty was to art, they argue, fun is to play and games--the aesthetic goal that we measure our experiences and interpretations against. Sharp and Thomas use this fun-centered aesthetic framework to explore a range of games and game issues--from workplace bingo to Meow Wolf, from basketball to Myst , from the consumer marketplace to Marcel Duchamp. They begin by outlining three elements for understanding the drive, creation, and experience of fun: set-outsideness, ludic forms, and ambiguity. Moving from theory to practice and back again, they explore the complicated relationships among the titular fun, taste, and games. They consider, among other things, the dismissal of fun by game journalists and designers; the seminal but underinfluential game Myst, and how tastes change over time; the shattering of the gamer community in Gamergate; and an aesthetics of play that goes beyond games.
530			_aAlso available in print.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web
588	0		_aPrint version record.
650		0	_aGames _xPhilosophy. _924141
650		0	_aAmusements _xPhilosophy. _925574
650		0	_aPlay (Philosophy) _924142
650		7	_aAmusements _xPhilosophy. _2fast _925574
650		7	_aGames _xPhilosophy. _2fast _924141
650		7	_aPlay (Philosophy) _2fast _924142
655		4	_aElectronic books. _93294
700	1		_aThomas, David _q(L. David), _eauthor. _925575
710	2		_aIEEE Xplore (Online Service), _edistributor. _925576
710	2		_aMIT Press, _epublisher. _925577
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aSharp, John, 1967- author. _tFun, taste & games _z9780262039352 _w(DLC) 2018022651 _w(OCoLC)1048020499
830		0	_aPlayful thinking (Cambridge, Mass) _925578
856	4	2	_3Abstract with links to resource _uhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=8648148
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